Jan. 25 1894 Jim Corbett knocks out Charley Mitchell in the third round to retain the world heavyweight title. 1924 The first Winter Olympics are held in Chamonix, France.
Jan. 25 1894 Jim Corbett knocks out Charley Mitchell in the third round to retain the world heavyweight title. 1924 The first Winter Olympics are held in Chamonix, France.
Devastating. joining me is head of security for major league baseball and a lead security consultant to the los angeles olympics and four-time olympic luger. thanks so you both. cameron, i want to start with you, do you agree with that sentiment that really don t think about canceling but definitely think about your safety. i don t think canceling the games is within anyone s sort of understanding of what the possibilities are at this point, but absolutely. athletes should be concerned about their safety, but of course every single athlete who is going to compete in sochi has been training for years of their lives to be at the olympic games. so i hope that they are actually all able to focus on their competitions and hope that the security plans are in place. how do you do that? i mean, how do you stay i mean, it s hard enough to stay focused, right, when you re at the olympics, it s exciting, all of that. but you ve been there. take us inside to that. how do you stay focused
Concern than probably ever expressed before. however, i think what s really important and i think cameron touched on it is what the u. u.s.o.c. will do and probably what they have done along with fbi and other law enforcement people involved along with their security counterparts is to instill a confidence within the athletes without making them paranoid. letting them know their focus is on the competition but they can be assured that security, the u.s. obviously in cooperation with our russian partners are going to be at the forefront. it s just going to make this a co comprehensive security plan but they should be concerned about their event and we ll take care of the security. one other thing i should mention is the u.s. authorities certainly do not want to enter russia treating them as kind of